The exit "one on one" discussions are always a fun interaction. Recently one of my colleague asked this question, What's important Technology Expertise or Domain Expertise? And the next question was, How to improve on Domain Expertise? I would've been happy if people ask such questions when they join the team. Here I would like to share some of my thoughts on Technology vs Domain that we discussed in detail on that day.
I always feel that as we gain experience, it is the combined index of Technology and Domain Expertise distinguish the top performer from the crowd. In this job hopping world initial years majority focus on Technology expertise but as years of experience piles up domain expertise plays critical role in grabbing the plum positions.
Now let us move on to the next question, How to improve on Domain? As a kid we all did that, dream as Abdul Kalam said and ask questions then process the information received. What I mean dream is to build hypothesis about big picture of the topic you work on, then learn more on the topic by reading on journals and asking questions to experts whenever such opportunity available. Being curious is the first step, then the rest just follows smoothly.
Like financial experts say the early you invest the more you reap, here to the same applies "Early focus on Domain besides Technology would always yield great results". Being curious and the big picture understanding creates a vision that is critical for advancement in career. Once one of the hypothesis proven right as the person thought, would lead to faster validation of other hypotheses and that helps building confidence. Once a person gains confidence, ze* takes calculated risks and that yields superior results. I feel this is the secret formula for the successful leaders.
What are your thoughts?
*ze stands for He/She
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